Events

Academic Affairs sponsors a wide array of events, lectures, and symposia featuring Middlebury faculty.

Middlebury faculty are eager to share their research and creative works to further knowledge and foster conversation. Faculty, students, and staff are encouraged to attend signature events such as the Clifford Symposium, the Fall Faculty Forum, and the Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture series, as well as additional academic events included in the calendar listings below. For faculty publication information, see individual faculty profiles.

See our faculty meeting calendar.

Upcoming Events

  • The Magic of Reality: Cameron Visiting Artist Lecture by Bernadette Despujols

    Rooted in personal memory and political transformation, my work explores identity, motherhood, migration, and the blurred boundaries between the real and the magical. Through intimate portraits and narratives drawn from my Venezuelan upbringing, my work reflects on nostalgia, displacement, and the spiritual traditions that shape Latin American life. I seek to weave together autobiographical and collective histories; where the personal becomes political, and where womanhood, nature, and creation converge in both tenderness and resistant.

    Johnson Classroom 204

    Open to the Public

  • Ballet with Barbara Doyle-Wilch

    Tuesday-Beginner/Intermediate

    Wednesday-Intermediate/Advanced

    Ballet returns to the Dance Department this Fall. Classical Ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No pointe shoes, please.Each session is open to a maximum of 20 participants. PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. Open to Middlebury students only. 

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

    Closed to the Public

  • Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series

    “Educating for (Climate) Change” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk featuring:

    Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar of Environmental Studies,
    Jon Isham, Director of the Environmental Studies Program and Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
    Dan Suarez, C.V. Starr Fellow in International Studies and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
    Minna Brown ’07, Director of the Middlebury Climate Action Program

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Open to the Public

  • Weekly Feminist Stitch & Bitch

    Join Chellis House for our weekly Stitch & Bitch! Gather in feminist community to scheme, make art, meet new people, use your hands, and take a break from screens and school. All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring any projects you’re currently working on. Together we can build a better world, but first we must imagine it!

    Chellis House Library

  • India in the 1940s: War, Partition, and Decolonization

    The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global and International History presents Dr. Sunil Purushotham and “India in the 1940s: War, Partition, and Decolonization.”

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Open to the Public

  • Paint Me a Road Out of Here (2025)

    Featuring artists Faith Ringgold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Paint Me a Road Out of Here uncovers the whitewashed history of Ringgold’s masterpiece, “For the Women’s House,” following its 50-year journey from Rikers Island jail to the Brooklyn Museum in a poignant, funny and true parable of a world without mass incarceration.

    Presented by the Johnson Exhibition Gallery and sponsored by the Studio Art Department.

    Single screening Friday, November 14th at 3PM. Room 204, Johnson Memorial Building. 

    Johnson Classroom 204

    Open to the Public

  • The German Theater Group presents Bern Spehling's "Der Teufel liest auch Kleinanzeigen"

    The German Theater Group will present Bernd Spehling’s hilarious farce “Der Teufel liest auch Kleinanzeigen”, a comedy that shows that a small misunderstanding in a classified ad might not just jeopardize your best-kept secrets but also lead to complete mayhem in your apartment and your marriage. Watch pilot Marcel Freiherr von Hohenstein find out these truths the hard and hilarious way …

    Chateau 005 (Performance Space)

    Open to the Public

  • The German Theater Group presents Bern Spehling's "Der Teufel liest auch Kleinanzeigen"

    The German Theater Group will present Bernd Spehling’s hilarious farce “Der Teufel liest auch Kleinanzeigen”, a comedy that shows that a small misunderstanding in a classified ad might not just jeopardize your best-kept secrets but also lead to complete mayhem in your apartment and your marriage. Watch pilot Marcel Freiherr von Hohenstein find out these truths the hard and hilarious way …

    Chateau 005 (Performance Space)

    Open to the Public

Event Planning Resources

  • Before planning an event, visit the Office of Event Management for information on all elements of event planning, including catering and crowd control.
  • Media Services can help with your event’s media and technology needs.
  • If you are inviting a foreign national to participate in your event, please contact the Tax Office well in advance.